The battle to be crowned the
winner of Britain's Got Talent 2013 began in earnest as the names were
confirmed for the semi-finals.
Just 45 acts remain from the
thousands who applied and the hundreds who auditioned and they will battle it
out for the prize of £250,000 and a spot at the Royal Variety Performance.
Hungarian shadow dance troupe
Attraction is the early bookies' favourites, 2-1 at Ladbrokes and 7-4 at
William Hill. The nine-piece wowed the judges in the first heat broadcast last
month when Amanda Holden described them as "one of the most moving acts I
have seen in seven years".
Another act tipped to do well
is British Cypriot soprano Aliki Chrysochou. The 29-year-old was diagnosed with
a brain disorder, focal encephalitis, while at university and lost all
co-ordination of speech and movement.
Aided by her mother she used
singing to aid her recovery and has been performing and teaching music ever
since. She impressed the judges with an emotional performance of Bring Me To
Life by Evanescence. She received four "yeses" and nearly brought the
judges to tears with the significance of the lyrics to her story.
Northern Irish teenager Jordan
O'Keefe is also highly rated. The 18-year-old from Londonderry impressed the
judges with his acoustic performance of One Direction's Little Things.
Welsh operatic brothers
Richard and Adam Johnson will be hoping to add fans to stand alongside their
nan, who is their number one fan.
And Band Of Voices, a group
made from seasoned backing singers, are hoping for their moment in centre stage
after wowing the judges with their rendition of Jessie J's Price Tag and the
national anthem.
One of the last to go through
was one of the youngest.
Gabrielle "Gabz"
Gardiner, a 14-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist from Stevenage in
Hertfordshire, got the judges singing along with her when she performed an
original song, The One, at the audition. (Source)
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